Neripteron

Neripteron is a genus of brackish water and freshwater snails, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Neripteron
Shell of Neripteron auriculatum. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Neritidae
Genus:
Neripteron

Lesson, 1831[1]
Synonyms[2]

Alinoclithon H. B. Baker, 1923[3]
Neritoclithon H. B. Baker, 1923
Dostia Gray, 1842[4]
Pseudonerita H. B. Baker, 1923
Neritopteron P. Fischer, 1885[5] (unjustified emendation of Neripteron)

Neripteron auriculatum is the type species of the genus Neripteron.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Neripteron include:

  • Neripteron amoenum (Gould, 1847)[2]
  • Neripteron asperulatum (Récluz, 1843)[2]
  • Neripteron auriculatum (Lamarck, 1816)[2]
  • Neripteron bensoni (Récluz, 1850)[2]
  • Neripteron bicanaliculatum (Récluz, 1843)[2]
  • Neripteron cariosum (W. Wood, 1828)[2]
  • Neripteron cornucopia (Benson, 1836)[2]
  • Neripteron dilatatum (Broderip, 1833)[2]
  • Neripteron holosericeum (Garrett, 1872)[2]
  • Neripteron lecontei (Récluz, 1853)[2]
  • Neripteron mauriciae (Lesson, 1831)[2]
  • Neripteron neglectum (Pease, 1861)[2]
  • Neripteron obtusum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)[2]
  • Neripteron pileolus (Récluz, 1850)[2]
  • Neripteron platyconcha (Annandale & Prashad, 1919)[2]
  • Neripteron rostratum (Reeve, 1856)[2]
  • Neripteron rubicundum (Martens, 1875)[2]
  • Neripteron simoni (Prashad, 1921)[2]
  • Neripteron siquijorense (Récluz, 1844)[2]
  • Neripteron spirale (Reeve, 1855)[2]
  • Neripteron subauriculatum (Récluz, 1843)[2]
  • Neripteron subviolaceum Eichhorst, 2016[2]
  • Neripteron taitense (Lesson, 1831)[2]
  • Neripteron vespertinum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)[2]
  • Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791)[2]
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References
  1. Lesson R. (1831). In: Duperry, Voy. "Coquille" (Zool.), 2(1): page 384.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2016). Neripteron Lesson, 1831. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818409 on 2017-12-07
  3. Baker H. B. (1923). Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 75: 117, 134, 159.
  4. Gray (1840). Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 42, 147 [n.n.]; 1842, Syn. Brit. Mus., ed. 44, 58.
  5. Fischer P. (1885). Man. Conch., 802.
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